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they can keep us in. or they can let us go home. guess what. today they're going to let us go home. >> bill: what is your response to speaker boehner who says why should we have to do anything? we passed two bills last year. right? so we've done our job. we passed two bills last year. now it is up to the president and the senate to act. >> well, his job and the job of all of us is not just a to pass two bills because you have the majority. it is to make sure the president can sign a bill that you pass. and we haven't done that. the republicans have actually made no attempt to really negotiate this. to present a fair approach. they don't even take into consideration, you know, billions in cuts that have actually been made up until this point. they want to make more cuts. this time they want to do it by this across the board draconian, arbitrary cuts to programs and services that benefit millions of people across the country without even looking at the dirty details. >> bill: isn't there another -- maybe it is technical, but very real problem wit
they can keep us in. or they can let us go home. guess what. today they're going to let us go home. >> bill: what is your response to speaker boehner who says why should we have to do anything? we passed two bills last year. right? so we've done our job. we passed two bills last year. now it is up to the president and the senate to act. >> well, his job and the job of all of us is not just a to pass two bills because you have the majority. it is to make sure the president can sign a...
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stay with us. right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: john brennan president obama's nominee to head the c.i.a. faces the music today. going to be a rough and tumble hearing. what do you say? particularly about drones. what do you say? good morning everybody. it is thursday, february 7. good to see you and welcome -- welcome to the program this thursday morning. always great to see you. look particularly good this morning here as we kick off our three hour roundtable to bring you u
stay with us. right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> announcer:...
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by joining us on twitter at bpshow. and joining us -- or joining us on facebook, i should say. facebook.com/billpressshow. as long as there is a current tv, this is the current chat room. if you go to current.com click on the chat room. you're in to talk about the issues with your fellow "full court pressers" across the land. make a lot of friends there. again, get your comments out. we have the whole team here this morning as always. peter ogborn and dan henning what do you say guys? >> hey, hey. >> bill: good morning. with phil backert on the phones and acceptrian bolding as always on the video cam. so nice little reception for senator heidi heitkamp. new senator from north dakota and you know, north dakota, it is really a very interesting situation out there. because it is a red state right. and yet north dakota has given us byron dorgan, kent conrad and now heidi heitkamp. three real progressives. >> yeah. >> bill: in the senate. heidi heitkamp won last time in november. president obama lost north dakota by 23 points. so it is just that there's this home-grown progressive t
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they can use it. they don't have to come to the floor and talk at that talk, but it's going to work. it's going to work because republicans have greedp agreed they will filibuster for stuff that's really important. when harry reid and mitch mcconnell agree this is really worth it. damn if, we said at the time this was phony, it was not going to work, it was not going to make any change. republicans were going to abuse it. they would never abide by that agreement. two weeks ago. republicans trotted it out yesterday, put a filibuster on the nomination of chuck hagel to be our next secretary of defense, and they won. you need 60 votes to get over it. and the most they could get with the democrats and four republicans was 58 votes t he lost by one vote. harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will
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we are using it. we are using it more than anybody has ever used it before. i mean i forget how many -- you know, this story broke. i have to go back and look at the research i've done. i've written about this. how many hundreds of people have been killed in pakistan, afghanistan, in somalia with drones. we've got this technology. we're using it. we are killing not just suspected terrorists but civilians. we're not making any effort to round them up to put them on trial. we're just targeting them with drone strikes. we're killing them. and again, there is a lot of collateral damage, some -- at least evidence of 45 civilians including children who have been killed by drones in the last year. reports the new york review of books. we're using this technology but congress has not decided. the white house has not released what are the guidelines. who decides when to use it. what rules do we follow if any? and is this really legal under international law to do it? the justice department now says it is. but the idea that somebody -- and you know where these drones a
we are using it. we are using it more than anybody has ever used it before. i mean i forget how many -- you know, this story broke. i have to go back and look at the research i've done. i've written about this. how many hundreds of people have been killed in pakistan, afghanistan, in somalia with drones. we've got this technology. we're using it. we are killing not just suspected terrorists but civilians. we're not making any effort to round them up to put them on trial. we're just targeting...
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also we invite you to join us, follow us and tweet us on twitter at bpshow. that's our tag our handle, at bp show. follow us on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. and we're back on current tv today. so on current tv, the chat room is always going on and you can go to current.com click on the chat room and you're in with your fellow "full court pressers" across this great land of ours. our team, full team back today. even our videographer back today. we have peter ogborn and dan henning of course, phil backert on the phones. >> hey hey. >> bill: we were all on the job yesterday. cyprian -- >> cyprian slept in. >> bill: but to be fair -- >> afternoon before he sent me his first text. >> bill: no current no cameras, no cyprian. so why not take the day off right? good to have all of you back. sad news on the sports front coming from l.a. i know what a giant he was and a great community leader, owner of the lakers died yesterday at the age of 80. he was known for being especially close especially attentive to the players. as magic johnson remarked yesterday i
also we invite you to join us, follow us and tweet us on twitter at bpshow. that's our tag our handle, at bp show. follow us on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. and we're back on current tv today. so on current tv, the chat room is always going on and you can go to current.com click on the chat room and you're in with your fellow "full court pressers" across this great land of ours. our team, full team back today. even our videographer back today. we have peter ogborn and dan...
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you can join us by following us on twitter and give us your comments. we invite them @bpshow. and i can join us on facebook. become our friend on facebook. facebook.com/bill facebook.com/billpressshow. friends of the entire team, peter ogburn and dan henning. doing good? >> yes indeed. >> hump day. >> already. boy am i tired. >> and phil back we can's has the phones. sip ran on our video cam, of course, this morning. hell 0, cyprian. and, you know, i must say, i don't buy a lot of my clothes at thrift stores. >> no? >> you don't. not a lot. but i have been in them and i have looked around. yeah. >> i still have some stuff that i had at one time gotten at thrift stores when i was working at construction and painting. it's a great place to get stuff. >> i must say carol who dresses very well. she often will look in the thrift store, and she is very proud if we go out to some fancy deal and she is wearing something she bought at a thrift store. if she were on the red carpet and they said who are you wearing? she probably would say, goodwill. but when you bought those from the thr
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you can give us a call. you can follow us on twitter twitter @bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. if you feel strongly about these issues, join the chat room. go to current.com because we are still on current tv. go to current.com. could follow the click on the chat room, and you are in. you are in the mix with all of your fellow "full-court press"ers across the land. we have made it through this entire week, the entire time all five days, peter ogburn and dan henning. >> i didn't quite make it. >> bill: that's right. neither did phil. i take that back. damn it, i have been here every day. >> good morning. >> yes, good morning. happy friday. what is that hat? >> oh man. >> oh, i didn't realize i had it on. >> bill: you didn't realize you have it on? >> i mean i did. it's my hat. >> bill: it's not a beret. >> i mean put it sideways. just like that. >> don't ever do that. oh. you look like -- you look -- >> cab driver? yeah. there it is. >> bill: all right. >> i have to stay warm in here. >>
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double barrel. >> do you use -- did you use it a lot? >> bill: with my dad or uncle duck hunting. >> how old were you when you got your first ak-47? >> bill: ask me how old i was when i shot my first duck? i shot at a lot of them. 20 minutes after the hour now. we'll talk sequester when we come back with bob cusack because everybody in washington says it's going to happen. we'll find out when we come back on the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, ot
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and follow us on twitter. talk to us on twitter. comment. send us your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook.com/billpressshow. also, the chat room is underway all across this -- everywhere in the country. people, "full court pressers," you'll want to be debating the issues, talking about the issues we're talking about on the air with your fellow listeners and your fellow viewers. go to, it is a lot of fun. go to current.com click on the chat room and you're in. happy valentine's day to team press here. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey there. >> bill: i had to put all of the flowers over to the side today. >> a lot of people. >> there's candy. >> bill: so many flowers when i walked in this morning and boxes of candy. from the team. phil backert's got the phones. it is a surprise for later in the show, is that it? >> yeah, of course. >> yeah, that's it. >> bill: okay. cyprian bowlding on the video cam. he always celebrates valentine's day. it was a story yesterday when cyprian got on the microphone for his rant. >> first time ever
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then you can follow us and we encourage you to follow us on twitter. i also tweet from the white house briefings but we want to hear from you @bp show and on facebook, facebook.com/bill press show this friday morning heading into the weekend, teen press in place against this morning. happy friday. >> good morning. >> when he is not doing the harlem shake. >> the harlem shuffle? >> i will fall on my sword. i suggested team press do harlem shake video. i asked our facebook fans the overwhelming majority say, hell no. >> hell no. >> that was a mistake. >>. >> my kids have better taste than that dance. >> my kids are doing harlem shake videos now. i know this how to work this. my standard is my kids have terrible taste in just about everything. so if they like it i don't like it. >> okay. indeed. well, the first lady, former first lady laura bush is not happy because she does support same-sex marriage, but she doesn't want anybody to know it. she said it on larry king live. if you want to keep a secret that's not exactly the plates to keep a secret. there
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you can give us a call. 866-55-press. you can follow us, please. we ask you to, on twitter@bpshow and on the "full-court press" press" -- i mean on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. well, i've got to tell you are i think it show sort of of reflects what america is feeling across the board today. our ranks are decimated this morning, cut and a half maybe with super bowl injuries. all right. let's start with peter ogburn. this will go down in history. what happens when you give your own super bowl party, cook your own food and get food poisoning from your own food. >> i love it. i love it. when he texted me this morning, i was like, i don't think i am could coming in. really? >> bill: that's a first. just imagine his poor friends. right? >> yeah. >> bill: they are probably all laid out too. >> he is a master chef. >> he is a master chef. >> from what he is telling me the excuse he is using is that it was a roy oyster that got him, which you don't cook a raw oyster. >> they are good. very. >>. >> peter is out and dan henning is here. >> here we
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stay with us. converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv. this is the bill press show. >> good morning, everyone. this is richard fowler stilling in for bill press o
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a lot of people use airports. and this is going to have a real impact. >> bill: that impact will be seen first of all in delays. >> flights to major cities like new york san francisco and others could experience delays up to 90 barbatose during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. >> longer lines, of course because there will be for sure tsa employees. so the secretary pointed out they are going to be delays and there are going to be a lot of flights cancelled. they won't be able to handle the normal flow of aircraft. we will have to slow them down. imagine, you know, you are taking off. you know how much -- we get annoyed if it's a 15-minute delay. now, a 90-minute delay sitting on the tarmac or circling 90-minute delays and the secretary also released a list of cities where they are just going to shut down the airport if they don't have enough fliefts, they will transfer people from smaller airports to bigger airports to help fill in the gap. you can go, i am sure, into the department of transp
a lot of people use airports. and this is going to have a real impact. >> bill: that impact will be seen first of all in delays. >> flights to major cities like new york san francisco and others could experience delays up to 90 barbatose during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. >> longer lines, of course because there will be for sure tsa employees. so the secretary pointed out they are going to be delays and there are going to be a lot of flights...
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stay with us. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the state of the union is strong! yeah, expect president obama to say that tonight. and he is right. good morning everybody. what do you say? hello, hello hello. welcome. welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday morning february 12th. great to see you today. and there's a lot going on. we're coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours on current tv, all three hours on your local progressive talk radio station for the next three hours. and on sirius x.m. for this hour only. there it is. front page of "the new york times" today. pope resigns with church at a crossroads, we told you that this time exactly yesterday morning. that's when the news broke here on the "full court press" and there's still a lot of reaction to that. which we will talk about
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he joins us to tell us what the hell happened. good morning. >> i wasn't in shock on the 30 or 40 inches that fell on southern connecticut as much as i just heard you say that queen and led zeppelin never won a grammy award. >> creed he knew clearwater revival never heard. >> i didn't know that. >> the who never won one. >> get out. really? >> my wife likes the who. i don't even know if she knows that stat. >> never won a graeme. >> check out buzzfeed. they've got the entire list. was it as big and as bad as we feared, paul? >> i think it was bad. the thing was, i didn't get a chance to look over the precipable water amounts but i did glance over them in the course of the storm. they added up. there was a tremendous amount of liquid that came up from the south and when you do a tep to 1 ratio, you are going to get snow amounts that are, you know, if you get three inches of liquid thirty inches of snow basically. >> that's what happened. this is a monster storm. a lot of comparesons to 1978. there were some similarities some differ
he joins us to tell us what the hell happened. good morning. >> i wasn't in shock on the 30 or 40 inches that fell on southern connecticut as much as i just heard you say that queen and led zeppelin never won a grammy award. >> creed he knew clearwater revival never heard. >> i didn't know that. >> the who never won one. >> get out. really? >> my wife likes the who. i don't even know if she knows that stat. >> never won a graeme. >> check out...
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good to have you with us. we look forward to taking your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. i was there in the whiter house briefing room yesterday when president obama came out and called on congress to take action to avoid those massive cuts to pentagon spending known as the sequester which kick in march 1st. if march can't pass a big bill, they ought to pass a small bill to delay the sequester for a few more months. house republicans led by john boehner immediately said no way. here we go again. the party of no opposing anything obama wants. we will tell you about that. also tell you the latest on drones and a lot more here on the full court press. but first, let's get the latest. lisa ferguson is here. well, she is not here. she is in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> close enough. los angeles, d.c. good morning, everyone. the president is in annapolis today after 10:00 this morning and atends the conference at the western annapolis hotel. vice pre
good to have you with us. we look forward to taking your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. i was there in the whiter house briefing room yesterday when president obama came out and called on congress to take action to avoid those massive cuts to pentagon spending known as the sequester which kick in march 1st. if march can't pass a big bill, they ought to pass a small bill to delay the sequester for a few more months. house republicans led by john boehner immediately...
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we'll give you a chance to sound off, you can do so by giving us a call at 866-55-press joining us on twitter @bpshow, or on facebook at facebook@billpressshow. and if you go to current.com, click on the chat room and you will join your fellow full court pressers across the land. it has been -- it is a busy week in washington even though the house and senate are both out of town, mainly because of all of the build up around the sequester. yesterday i was down at the white house for the first briefing after the president's day weekend, and as expected there were questions about the see -- sequester, and also the issue of the president's golf weekend came up and the lack of access that the members of the media had to his golf game. i will tell you more about that. but first i realize i didn't introduce the members of our team yet. >> we're waiting for it bill. >> bill: before they mutiny and get up and walk out -- >> yeah. >> bill: i better give the introduction to peter ogburn and dan henning, and siprion bolling. happy wednesday good to see you all even though i forget you. [ laughter
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give us your point of view by giving us a call at 866-55-press. if you thought the president's inaugural address was good i hope you caught last night's state of the union address. he challenged congress to help build the middle class in america in many ways across the board by providing universal pre-school education, by raising the minimum wage by creating new jobs, by getting rid of loopholes for big corporations and by saving lives guy common sense gun safety measures. a great speech. we will tall talk all about it and get your calls. before we get to that we will get the day's latest from the lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning to you. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. president obama is coming off of his state of the union address last night. it was a big speech kicking off the start of his second term. a lot of people did hear what they wanted to hear from the president. obama made a big push for economic initiatives and the middle class saying he wants to raise minimum wage from 7.25 an hour to $9 an hour within the next two
give us your point of view by giving us a call at 866-55-press. if you thought the president's inaugural address was good i hope you caught last night's state of the union address. he challenged congress to help build the middle class in america in many ways across the board by providing universal pre-school education, by raising the minimum wage by creating new jobs, by getting rid of loopholes for big corporations and by saving lives guy common sense gun safety measures. a great speech. we...